Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:
When the month of Rajab enters, the Murīd begins after Maghrib receiving and welcoming the month of Rajab.
- The Murīd performs Ghusl, the major ritual purification.
- Then dresses in the best clothes and puts on a nice scent,
- then prays 2 Rakaa’ts Sunnat al-Wudū’.
The Murīd takes three steps in the direction of the Qiblah in his place of worship, and says:
Yā Rabbī innanī nawaytu an ataqaddama nahwa bahri wahdanīyyatika ilā maqāmi l-Fanāi fīka, Falā tarudanī yā Rabbi, yā Allāh khā’ibān hatta tuwassilanī ila dhāka l-maqām. Yā Rabb al-izzati wa ’l-aa’zamati wa ’l- jabbarūt, Yā Rabbī, yā Allāh haithu hādha ash-Shahru hūwa shahruka, ji’tuka dayfan wa nāwīyan an a’aa’mala aa’malan bidūn iwadun aw an yakūna fīhi talaban li ’l-fadīlati qāsidan iyyāka Ilāhī anta maqsūdī wa ridāka matlūbi. Yā Rabbī, kullu umrī qad amdaytuhu fī ’l–ma’aā’sī wa sh-shirki l-khafī. Wa innanī uqirru bi-annanī lam ā’ti ilā bābika bi-aa’malin maqbūlin indaka. Anta Llāhu ’lladhī lā yā’tī āhadun ilā bābika bi aa’malihi bal bi-fadlika wa jūdika wa karamika wa ihsānika. Anta Llāhu ’lladhī lā taruddu aa’bdan jā’a ilā bābika falā taruddanī yā Allāh. Yā Rabbī, kullu umūrī fawwadtuhā ilayka, hayātī wa mamātī wa baa’da mamāti, wa yawmu l-hashr. Kullu umūri hawwaltuhā indaka, wa fawwadtu amrī ilayka, lā amliku min amri nafsī shay-an. Lā nafaa’n, wa lā darran, wa lā mawtan, wa lā hayātan, wa lā nushūran. Kullu umūri wa hisābī wa su’ālī wa jawābī hawwaltuhu indaka yā Rabbī yā Allāh. Nāsīyatī bi-yadika wa anā aā’jizun aa’n ij-jawābi wa law bi mithqāla dharratin. Law kāna laka yā Rabbī bābayni, āhadahumā mukhassassun li ’t- tā’ibīna min ‘ibādika al-mu’minīn wa ’l-ākharu li ’ttā’ibīna min ibādika al- aa’sīn, Ji’tuka yā Allāh nahwu bābik alladhī yahtāju an yadkhula minhu ibāduka al-aā’sīn. Wa innanī uqirru wa a’āa’tarif annahu yajibu an ujaddida islāmī wa īmānī min hādha ’l-bāb. Wa hādhā al-aa’malu hūwa āwwalu aa’malin lī baa’da mā shahidtu bi ’l-islāmi haqqan Yā Rabbī wa Anta wakīlī yā Wakīl haithu naqūlu, Allāhu aa’lā mā naqūlu Wakīl wa Shahīd.
[(Translation) O my Lord, I am moving and stepping forward for the Station of Annihilation in the Divine Presence. O God—glory be to You, the Most High—I am asking you to cause me to vanish before Your Existence and, O my Lord, I am moving toward your Ocean of Unity. O my Lord, do not reject me until I reach this Station. O Lord of Honor and Greatness, Imposer of Thy Will. O my Lord, O God, since this month is your month, I came to you as a weak guest and intending to worship You without asking anything in return. My God, You are my aim, and Your good pleasure is what I seek. O my Lord, I spent all my life in disobedience and hidden Shirk/polytheism. And I am declaring wholeheartedly that I did not do any deed that is accepted by You. You are God, and no one came to Your door by his deeds, but (only) by Your grant, reward, kindness and generosity. You are God Who never turns back anyone that came to your door, so do not turn me back, O God. O my Lord, I have given everything into Your hands—my life, my death, my afterlife, and Judgment Day. All my things I have transferred to You, and You are the One Who controls me. O my Lord, I do not possess anything with my ego and my soul. I cannot give good to myself, or bad to myself, or death to myself, or life to myself, but I have transferred all my accounts, and all Your judgment on me, and all your questions to me, and all my answers I have transferred to You, O my Lord, O God. Whatever You want to do with me, You do. My neck is in Your Hand. I am helpless in answering Your questions; even the smallest answer I cannot give. O my Lord, if you had two doors (for Your servant to enter through)—one for the repentant of the believers of Your servants and one for the repentant of the disobedient of Your servants—I am coming to You, O God, from the door that the disobedient needs to come through. I am declaring and saying to You that I have to renew my faith and my testimony of faith from this door. This deed is the first deed for me after I pronounced the Shahāda and entering Islam truely, O my Lord, and You are my Protector from whence we say: God is the Protector and Witness over what we say.]
Al Shahadah 3 times
Tajdid Arkanu l-Islam: Iqāmu ’s-salāti wa ītāu ‘z-Zakāt wa sawmu Ramadān, wa Hajju l-bayt.
[(Translation) Re-affirmation of Islam’s five pillars: I believe in the establishment of prayer, paying the Zakat, fasting Ramadan, and the Pilgrimage to the House of God.]
Tajdid ul-Iman:
Āmantu biLlāhi wa malā’ikatihi wa kutubihi wa rusulihi wa ’l-yawmi ’l-ākhiri wa bi ’l-qadari khayrihi wa sharrihi min Allāhi ta’aa’lā.
[(Translation) Re-affirmation of the pillars of faith: I believe in God, His Angels, His books, His Messengers, the Last Day, and that the Destiny—its good and its bad—is from God, the Most High.]
Yā Rabbī fi yawm “Alastu bi Rabbikum, Kalu Bala”, madha kana bayni wa baynaka min uhud kad kabiltuhum wa ta’aa’hadtu bihim wa raditu bihim jami’aa’n. (wa hadha tajdid lil uhud al ma’akhudha fi yawm ul aa’hdi wal mithak fi hadrati Llahi ta’aa’la). Yā Rabbī, yā Allāh, kam Zahara minnī min adh-dhunūbi wa ’l-ma’aā’sī zāhiran wa bātinan wa sirran min aa’hdi ījādi dharratī wa rūhī, wa dukhūlu rūhī ilā jismī wa zuhūrī min al-aa’adami ilā ’l- wujūdi wa zuhūrī fī aā’lami ’d-dunyā wa ilā yawminā hādha, rajaa’tu aa’ni j- jamīi’i ilayka bi t-tawbati wa ’l-istighfār. Wa innanī qad dakhaltu wa salaktu fī rahamāti shahrika hādha ’l-mubārak falā taruddanī yā Rabbī aa’n bābika wa lā tatruknī li-ahwāli nafsī wa law li-lahzah wa anā astaghfiruka.
[(Translation) O my Lord, from the Day of “Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes You are”, the Day of Promises, whatever there was of promise between Me to You, I accept it all and promise to do it all. (Re-affirmation of the promises made on the Day of Promises in the presence of Allah
Almighty.) O my Lord, O God, from the day You created my atom, my essence, and from the day You brought up my soul, and from the day my soul came from the absolute abstract to existence, until our day, how much of disobedience has appeared from me and my essence, and from my soul and my body, spiritually and physically! I am regretting it all, and regretting what I did, and coming back to You asking forgiveness and repentance.]
AstaghfiruLlah 70 times
Al Fatihah
Read (Qur’ān 02:285-286)
‘Āmana Ar-Rasūlu Bimā ‘Unzila ‘Ilayhi Min Rabbihi Wa Al-Mu’uminūna; Kullun ‘Āmana Billāhi Wa Malā’ikatihi Wa Kutubihi Wa Rusulihi Lā Nufarriqu Bayna ‘Aĥadin Min Rusulihi; Wa Qālū Sami`nā Wa ‘Aţa`nā; Ghufrānaka Rabbanā Wa ‘Ilayka Al-Masīr ﴾285﴿ Lā Yukallifu Allāhu Nafsāan ‘Illā Wus`ahā; Lahā Mā Kasabat Wa `Alayhā Mā Aktasabat; Rabbanā Lā Tu’uākhidhnā ‘In Nasīnā ‘Aw ‘Akhţa’nā; Rabbanā Wa Lā Taĥmil `Alaynā ‘Işrāan Kamā Ĥamaltahu `Alá Al-Ladhīna Min Qablinā; Rabbanā Wa Lā Tuĥammilnā Mā Lā Ţāqata Lanā Bihi; Wa A`fu `Annā Wa Aghfir Lanā Wa Arĥamnā; ‘Anta Mawlānā Fānsurnā `Alá Al-Qawmi Al-Kāfirīn ﴾286﴿
Surat ash-Sharh (Qur’ān 94) 7 times
Surat al-Ikhlas (Qur’ān 112) 11 times
Surat al-Falaq (Qur’ān 113) 1 time
Surat an-Nas (Qur’ān 114) 1 time
La ilaha illaLlah Muhammadun RasuluLlah 10 times
Salawat 10 times (Allahumma salli aa’la Muhammadin wa aa’la ali Muhammadin wa sallim)
The Salawat Sharifa:
Salli ya Rabbi wa sallem aa’laa jami’i al ‘anbiya’i wal mursalin wa ‘ali kullin ‘ajmaii’n wal hamdulilLahi Rabbi’l aa’lamin. Aa’la ashraf’il aa’lamina Sayyidina Muhammadin s-salawat, aa’la afdal’il aa’lamina
Sayyidina Muhammadin s-salawat, aa’la akmal’il aa’lamina Sayyidina Muhammadin s-salawat. Salawatu-Llahi taa’la wa Malaikatihi wa Anbiyaihi wa Rusulihi wa jami’i khalqihi aa’la Muhammadin wa aa’la ‘ali Muhammad, aa’layhi wa aa’layhim as-salam wa rahmatu-Llahi taa’la wa barakatuh, wa radiya-Llahu tabaraka wa taa’la aa’n sadatina ‘as’habi Rasuli-Llahi ajma’in, wa ‘aan il tabii’na bihim bi ihsan, wa aa’n il A’immatil mujtahidin al madin, wa aa’n il U’lama’ il mutaqin, wa aa’n il Awliya’ is-Salihin, wa aa’n Mashayikhina fi t-Tariqati n- Naqshbandiyyati l-Aa’liyya, qaddasa-Llahu taa’la ‘arwah’ahum uz-
zakiyya, wa nawwara-Llahu taa’la ‘adrihatahum ul-mubarakah, wa ‘a- aa’da Llahu taa’la aa’layna min barakatihim wa fuyudatihim daima, wa- lhamduLillahi Rabbi’l aa’lamin.
[(Translation) O My Lord! Send peace and blessings upon all the prophets and messengers and all their families, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the universe. Blessings be upon the most honorable of the universe, Sayyidina Muhammad. Blessings be upon the best of the universe, Sayyidina Muhammad. Blessings be upon the most perfect of the universe, Sayyidina Muhammad. The blessings of Allah Almighty, His angels, His prophets, His messengers and all His creation be upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, upon him and upon them be peace and the mercy and blessings of Allah Almighty, and may Allah, Blessed be and Most High, be pleased with all of our Masters, all the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, and those who follow them in goodness, and the past Mujtahid/diligent Imams, the pious scholars, the righteous saints, and our Mashayikh of the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Order, may Allah Almighty sanctify their pure souls, and may Allah Almighty illuminate their blessed shrines, and may Allah Almighty restore us from their blessings and abundances always, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the universe.]
Al Fatihah
Ihda’/Dedication:
Ila sharafi’ ‘n-Nabi, sallaLlahu `alayhi wa sallam wa Alihi wa Asahabihi l-kiram, wa ila arwahi jamee’i al Anbiya’i wa l-Mursalin wa Khudama’i sharai’ihim wa ila arwahi al ‘Aimmati al arba’a, wa ila arwahi Mashayyikhina fi t-Tariqati n-Naqshbandiyyati l-Aliyyah, khassatan Imamu t-Tariqah wa Ghawthu l-Khaliqah Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, Habibuna Murshiduna Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Adil ar Rabbani, wa sai’ri Sadatina wa s-Siddiqiyun.
[(Translation) To the honor of the Prophet, Prayers and Peace be upon Him, and his family, and his companions, and the souls of all the prophets as well as of His messengers and of those who served their Sharia, and to the souls of the four Imams. And to the souls of our Mashayikh of the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Tariqa, in particular to the soul of the Imam of the Tariqa Ghawth al-Khaliqa (the Help of Creation), Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Adil ar Rabbani, and the rest of our masters and Siddiqiyun.]
Al Fatihah
Read The Grand Transmitted Dua of Sultan-ul Awliya Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz ad-Daghestani.